Jack is my good friend. A few months ago, I saw a guitar in his room. ____36____ I asked him why the guitar was in his room. He told me that he would challenge ( 挑战 ) something difficult before 18 years old, and playing the guitar in public was the first thing he wanted to try. ____37____ but now he is confident ( 有信心的 ) enough after his first successful show at school.
After watching Jack’s first show, I thought carefully about myself that night. ____38____ That was because I was not good at writing. Jack’s story made me think of the saying: “Where there is a will, there is a way.” I couldn’t achieve my dream in a day, but I could start to do something easy. ____39____
From then on, I wrote every day to improve my writing skills so that I could publish ( 发表 ) articles in the school newspaper.
Now everything is going well and my writing skills have improved a lot. ____40____ Thanks to Jack, my life is full of confidence.
根据短文内容，将下面的选项还原到文中空白处，使短文内容完整、通顺，每个选项只能用一次，其中有一个选项是多余的。
A ． I nearly gave up my dream of being a writer.
B ． As far as I knew, he wasn’t able to play the guitar before.
C ． For example, I could begin to write some simple stories.
D ． So far, I have already published five articles in the school newspaper.
E ． First, invite some friends to the party.
F ． He used to be afraid of speaking in public.
B 37 ． F 38 ． A 39 ． C 40 ． D
【导语】本文主要讲述了作者在被朋友 Jack 挑战弹吉他这件事深深鼓舞，想起了自己曾经几乎要放弃想成为一名作家的梦想，于是作者从简单的事情开始做起，慢慢地，作者在写作方面也取得了很好的成绩。
36 ．根据 “I saw a guitar in his room” 及 “I asked him why the guitar was in his room” 可知，看到他房间里有一把吉他觉得很奇怪， B 选项 “ 据我所知，他以前不会弹吉他 ” 符合，故选 B 。
37 ．根据 “but now he is confident ( 有信心的 ) enough after his first successful show at school” 可知，前文应是讲述之前他的性格， F 选项 “ 他过去害怕在公共场合讲话 ” 符合，故选 F 。
38 ．根据 “After watching Jack’s first show, I thought carefully about myself that night” 及 “That was because I was not good at writing” 可知，此处应讲述作者和写作的渊源， A 选项 “ 我差点放弃当作家的梦想 ” 符合，故选 A 。
39 ．根据 “I couldn’t achieve my dream in a day, but I could start to do something easy” 可知，此处讲述作者为了实现梦想，先从哪些简单的事情做起， C 选项 “ 例如，我可以开始写一些简单的故事 ” 符合，故选 C 。
40 ．根据 “Now everything is going well and my writing skills have improved a lot” 可知，此处讲述作者在写作方面取得的成绩， D 选项 “ 到目前为止，我已经在校报上发表了五篇文章 ” 符合，故选 D 。